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The Fifteenth Edition covers the 2014 midterm elections and includes discussions of the agenda of the new Congress, White House-Capitol Hill relations, party and committee leadership changes, judicial appointments, and partisan polarization. Offering a balance of great scholarship and currency, this best seller features lively case material along with relevant data, charts, exhibits, maps, and photos. New and updated topics in the Fifteenth Edition include:Coverage of changes in the campaign finance landscape Recent examples of legislative battles and policy debates Profiles of new leaders and members Discussion of changes in congressional rules and procedures Examination of rising party conflict in House and Senate Extensive updates on national security issues facing Congress
Contents
Part IChapter 1: The Two CongressesThe Dual Nature of CongressThe Two Congresses in Comparative ContextDivergent Views of CongressChapter 2: Evolution of the Modern CongressAntecedents of CongressCongress in the ConstitutionInstitutional EvolutionEvolution of the Legislator's JobConclusionPart II: A Congress of AmbassadorsChapter 3: Going for It: Recruitment and CandidacyFormal Rules of the GameDistricting in the HouseBecoming a CandidateNominating PoliticsConclusionChapter 4: Making It: The Electoral GameCampaign StrategiesCampaign ResourcesCampaign TechniquesThe Parallel CampaignsWho Votes?How Voters DecideElection OutcomesConclusionChapter 5: Being There: Hill Styles and Home StylesHill StylesLooking HomewardOffice of the Member Inc.Members and the MediaConclusionPart III: A Deliberative Assembly of One NationChapter 6: Leaders and Parties in CongressThe Speaker of the HouseLeaders of the SenateSelection of LeadersLeadership ActivitiesParty Caucuses, Committees, and Informal GroupsParty Continuity and ChangeConclusionChapter 7: Committees: Workshops of CongressThe Purposes of CommitteesEvolution of the Committee SystemTypes of CommitteesThe Assignment ProcessCommittee LeadershipPolicy Making in CommitteeCommittee StaffCommittee Reform and ChangeConclusionChapter 8: Congressional Rules and ProceduresIntroduction of BillsReferral of BillsScheduling in the HouseHouse Floor ProceduresScheduling in the SenateSenate Floor ProceduresResolving House-Senate DifferencesConclusionChapter 9: Decision Making in CongressThe Power to ChooseTypes of DecisionsDeterminants of VotingLegislative BargainingConclusionPart IV: Policy Making and Change in the Two CongressesChapter 10: Congress and the PresidentThe President as LegislatorThe Veto PowerSources of Legislative-Executive CooperationSources of Legislative-Executive ConflictThe Balance of PowerConclusionChapter 11: Congress and the BureaucracyCongress Organizes the Executive BranchCongressional Control of the BureaucracyConclusionChapter 12: Congress and the CourtsThe Federal CourtsThe Court as Referee and UmpireAdvice and Consent for Judicial NomineesConclusionChapter 13: Congress and Organized InterestsAmerican PluralismPressure Group MethodsGroups and the Electoral ConnectionGroups, Lobbying, and Legislative PoliticsRegulation of LobbyingConclusionChapter 14: Congress, Budgets, and Domestic Policy MakingStages of Policy MakingTypes of Domestic PoliciesCharacteristics of Congressional Policy MakingCongressional BudgetingThe 1974 Budget ActConclusionChapter 15: Congress and National Security PoliciesConstitutional PowersWho Speaks for Congress?Types of Foreign and National Security PoliciesStructural PoliciesStrategic PoliciesCrisis Policies: The War PowersConclusionPart V: ConclusionChapter 16: The Two Congresses and the American PeopleCongress-as-PoliticiansCongress-as-InstitutionTwenty-First-Century Challenges
